Grover Center

Grover Center
Construction
Location	West Green, Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701
Coordinates	39°19′25″N 82°06′11″W / 39.323682°N 82.103113°W / 39.323682; -82.103113Coordinates: 39°19′25″N 82°06′11″W / 39.323682°N 82.103113°W / 39.323682; -82.103113
Owner	Ohio University
Operator	Ohio University
Capacity	6,800^[1]
Built	1960
Opened	December 1, 1960
Construction cost	$1.8 million ($65.6 million in 2016 dollars^[2])
Tenants
Ohio Bobcats (NCAA) (1960–1968)

Grover Center was originally built to be the home for the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team. The first men's basketball game in the arena featured the Ohio Bobcats hosting the previous years national champion Ohio State Buckeyes on December 1, 1960 to a sold out crowd.^[3] The Ohio Bobcats basketball team only called the Grover Center home from 1960–68 after the much larger Convocation Center opened up December 3,1968.

Renovations

From 1996 to 2001 renovations began to convert the building to more than 50 classrooms and labs and expanding to nearly 200,000 square feet in size. The total cost of the 5 year renovation was $24.5 million.^[4]

References

↑ "Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ "New Role Awaits Grover Center". http://grfx.cstv.com/. Retrieved July 4, 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Ohio Basketball at 100" (PDF). ohio.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

External links

Gover Center at Ohio University

Ohio Bobcats men's basketball

Venues	Ewing Hall (1907–1908) Ohio Gymnasium (1908–1923) Men's Gymnasium (1924–1960) Grover Center (1960–1968) Convocation Center (1968–present)

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches NBA draftees

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